Popular baby names in Virginia, 1923

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1923 were Mary for girls (2,020 babies) and James for boys (1,868). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 52,154 babies born in Virginia in 1923 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1923

Names given at least 15 times in Virginia that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Alease: 22 babies, 17.4× the national rate
Trula: 18 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Nannie: 111 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Pattie: 16 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Lelia: 36 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Vernell: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Adell: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Claudine: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Sallie: 72 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Mazie: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Waverly: 22 babies, 28.8× the national rate
Linwood: 54 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Hunter: 17 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Garnett: 17 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Junius: 25 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Randolph: 58 babies, 9× the national rate
Beverly: 21 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Garfield: 18 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Lacy: 16 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Garland: 62 babies, 6.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Virginia, 1923

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	Mary	2,020	–	1
2	Dorothy	912	↑1	2
3	Margaret	845	↑1	4
4	Virginia	824	↓2	7
5	Helen	667	–	3
6	Elizabeth	534	↑1	9
7	Ruth	532	↑1	6
8	Frances	514	↓2	10
9	Mildred	494	–	8
10	Louise	398	↑3	22
11	Annie	360	↓1	34
12	Evelyn	353	–	12
13	Ruby	348	↑2	25
14	Alice	325	–	15
15	Gladys	322	↑1	29
16	Thelma	321	↑4	31
17	Doris	315	↑1	11
18	Edith	295	↓7	36
19	Martha	293	↑3	21
20	Hazel	277	↓1	40
21	Lillian	268	↓4	20
22	Edna	258	↑3	32
23	Marie	231	↑4	14
24	Pauline	228	↑4	37
25	Lucille	226	↓1	35
26	Anna	223	↓3	13
27	Irene	223	↑7	17
28	Ethel	221	↓7	38
29	Sarah	207	↓3	54
30	Elsie	198	–	61
31	Catherine	197	↓2	24
32	Lois	197	↑15	27
33	Betty	187	↑6	5
34	Florence	176	↓1	18
35	Emma	174	↓4	53
36	Katherine	172	↑2	60
37	Nancy	168	↓5	75
38	Clara	157	↓3	49
39	Bernice	155	new	43
40	Jean	154	new	19
41	Grace	150	–	39
42	Mabel	148	new	>100
43	Nellie	148	↓6	88
44	Rosa	148	↓4	>100
45	Bessie	145	new	81
46	Bertha	144	↓1	64
47	Lucy	144	↓5	92
48	Juanita	142	new	51
49	Lillie	142	new	91
50	Audrey	139	new	85

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1922	US rank
1	James	1,868	–	4
2	William	1,662	–	3
3	John	1,241	–	1
4	Robert	1,063	–	2
5	Charles	753	–	5
6	George	662	–	6
7	Thomas	514	–	12
8	Joseph	438	–	7
9	Edward	410	–	8
10	Walter	337	↑2	16
11	Richard	314	–	9
12	Henry	297	↓2	18
13	Clarence	276	↑2	29
14	Frank	273	–	11
15	Harry	273	↑1	22
16	Willie	251	↓3	30
17	Raymond	244	–	15
18	Samuel	226	–	45
19	Paul	222	–	14
20	Roy	216	–	32
21	David	199	↑4	24
22	Howard	198	↑4	26
23	Harold	197	↑6	13
24	Ralph	186	–	23
25	Earl	184	↓3	31
26	Charlie	181	↓3	79
27	Albert	175	↑5	20
28	Arthur	159	↓7	19
29	Ernest	157	↓1	38
30	Carl	151	↑7	28
31	Lewis	148	↑3	74
32	Eugene	147	↓2	25
33	Herbert	144	↓6	40
34	Warren	144	↓3	43
35	Lawrence	143	↑1	36
36	Jack	139	↓3	17
37	Herman	133	↑2	66
38	Fred	131	↓3	33
39	Calvin	126	new	82
40	Bernard	119	new	46
41	Alfred	117	↑5	42
42	Joe	117	↑5	35
43	Clyde	111	↓1	68
44	Kenneth	111	↓3	21
45	Russell	104	↓1	52
46	Melvin	103	↑2	48
47	Floyd	100	↓4	64
48	Louis	99	new	27
49	Marvin	99	↑1	51
50	Andrew	98	↓1	53

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